Russell Crowe
Acting
Biography
Russell Ira Crowe (born April 7, 1964) is an actor and film director. His work on screen has earned him various accolades, including an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a British Academy Film Award. Crowe was born in New Zealand, spending ten years of his childhood in Australia and residing there permanently by age 21. He began acting in Australia and had his break-out role in Romper Stomper (1992). He gained international recognition in the late 1990s for his starring roles in L.A. Confidential (1997) and The Insider (1999). Crowe gained wider stardom for playing the title role of Gladiator (2000), which earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor. Further acclaim came for portraying real-life mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr. in A Beautiful Mind (2001). Crowe then starred in several films in the 2000s, including Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Cinderella Man (2005), 3:10 to Yuma (2007), American Gangster (2007), State of Play (2009), and Robin Hood (2010). Crowe has since appeared in the films Les Misérables (2012), Man of Steel (2013), Noah (2014), and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022). In 2014, he made his directorial debut with the drama The Water Diviner, in which he also starred. Aside from acting, Crowe has co-own the National Rugby League (NRL) team South Sydney Rabbitohs since 2006.
Born: April 7, 1964
Place of Birth: Wellington, North Island, New Zealand
Known For
Filmography
as Hermann Göring
as Self - Guest
as Nikolai Kravinoff
as Anthony Miller
as Kor (voice)
as Roy Freeman
as Reaper
as Father Gabriele Amorth
as Jake Foley
as Arthur Coates
as Self
as Zeus
as Jack Slack
as Self (archive footage)
as Narrator (voice)
as Jor-El (voice)
as Self - Co-Host
as Man (Tom Cooper)
as Harry Power
as Narrator (voice)
as Roger Ailes
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
as Marshall Eamons
as Narrator (voice)
as Self (archive footage)
as Henry Jekyll / Edward Hyde
as Bob White
as Jackson Healy
as Self
as Jake Davis
as Joshua Connor
as Noah
as Self
as Pearly Soames
as Jor-El
as Jor-El
as Self
as Nicholas Hostetler
as Self
as Javert
as Jack Knife
as Self
as Self
as John Brennan
as Narrator (voice)
as Robin Longstride
as Self
as Boyd Kelley
as Cal McAffrey
as Detective Cristofuoro
as Ed Hoffman
as Richie Roberts
as Ben Wade
as Narrator (voice)
as Self
as Self
as Max Skinner
as Self
as Jim Braddock
as Self (archive footage)
as Captain Jack Aubrey
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as John Nash
as Terry Thorne
as Maximus
as Jeffrey Wigand
as John Biebe
as Self
as Self
as Colin
as Steve
as Wendell 'Bud' White
as Self
as Alex Ross
as Sid 6.7
as Zack Grant
as Cort
as Self
as Jeff Mitchell
as East Driscoll
as Lachlan
as The Man
as Self - Guest
as Arthur Baskin
as Shirty, the Slightly Aggressive Bear
as Hando
as Kim Barry
as Dominic Maloney
as Andy
as Constable Tom 'Bomber' Young
as Johnny
as Lt. Corbett
as Danny O' Brian
as N. Courtney (Injured Worker)
as Bobby Jarvis
as Self
as Self - Host
as Self
as Self - Special Guest
as Self
as Adolf Tolkachev